Bottle-stopper.



Patented-May 20, I902.

' a. LISPENARD.

BOTTLE STOPPEB.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N01 700,344, dated May 20, 1902.

Application fine November 16, 1900. Serial No. as .711. (Nomodel) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LiGnonen LISPENARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and 5 State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for stopper ing bottles, and especially to that class whererb in metallic or other capsules or caps are detachably secured to the neck of the bottle to stopper the same. Devices of this class have been employed in connection with the circumferential rim or flangeformed at the top of the neck of the bottle, the capsule or cap being applied by crimping the lower edge of the cap under said rim. 7 This has to be done with considerable nicety, for the cap must be eapable of being readily removed, and if too 2 great a pressure is necessaryfor this purpose the stopper is objectionable and substantially worthless for practical purposes. The adjustment of the tightness with which the cap engages the rim of the neck necessarily being accommodated to facility of removal permits the cap to be blown off very often while in transit or storage. Many other means have been employed for detachably securing these capsules to neck-bottles, in all of which either 3 difticultyofapplication,intricacyofattaching or detaching'means, or lack of permanency of attachment during storage or shipment have created serious objections to their use. it is the object of my invention to provide 3' 5 a bottle-stopper in which these objections are overcome and which is economical of manufacture, easy of application, and which will resist the internal forces of the bottle to prevent inadvertent removal of the cap and sectional elevation on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a'plan view; Fig. 4, a transverse sectional view through the cap on the line 4 4,

Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the key, and Fig. 6 is aplan viewof "the key slightly modified.

bottle of: any desired construction or of any preferred material, provided at its upper end with a 'circumferentialrim or flange 2, having a shoulder' 3 and circumferential annular groove 4. For the purposes of my'improve- 6o ments it is not necessary that the rim be a solid flange, as it may be formed of a series of projections suitably spaced apart. It also need not be made integrally with. the bottle, but ma'y be applied, thereto in any desired Way. Neither need it be round, for it may be of any desired shape. However, I prefer the integrallyformed continuous circular flange,'as shown.

At 5 is the cap comprising a top'crown 6 and a depending annular side or flange 7. At points' preferably diametrically opposite each other'the flange 7 is pierced by holes or apertures 8, which aline with each other as to each side,and-between the apertures on each side the depending flange of the cap is bulged outwardly, as indicated at 9.

As to the'cap I do not limit myself to the construction-shown, as it will be apparent that it may be variously constructed without departing from the spirit of my invention, the only essential being a crownpiece and depending flange and thealining' apertures in the flange. I

A disk 10 of resilient material, constituting a seal and made ofcork or any other desir able material, is set in the cap against the crown-piece thereof.

At 11 is the key, which is U-shaped and which comprises the parallel (or substan- 9o tially parallel) side pieces 12 and-the connecting cross-bar 13, thecro'ss-bar being curved to conform approximately to the curve of the cap, so that a snug fit against thecap-flange will be had. .Thiskey;is'EpreferabIy-made of 9 5 wire and of sufficient strength to forma rigid connection between the bottle and the cap and to permit of its being handled by an automaticallyoperatin g machine and for inser= tion through the cap for the aflixture of the loo 7 latter and from withdrawal therefrom with V out bending.

In the drawings, l in'dicates the neck of a The parts being constructed as before stated, the cap is placed upon the bottle and pressed down thereon with considerable force, so as to compress the seal and to bring the alining apertures 8 in the cap-flange in line with the groove 4, and while in this position the ends of the key are passed through the apertures into the groove 4, the pressure in the inside of the bottle or the expansihility of the seal, or both, pressing the arms of the key forcibly against the shoulder 3, thereby firmly securing the cap to the bottle. In order to remove the key, it is only necessary to press on the cap and to insert the nail of the finger between the cap and the connecting-bar of the key, when the same can be readily pulled out. If it is desired to use a special tool to withdraw the key, the connecting-bar may be provided with an outwardlyextending bend 14, allowing of its insertion, or the key may be provided with a ring or wire to pull it out with.

I do not claim the combination, with a bottle, of a flanged cap for the month there of, the neck of the bottle and the flange of the cap being provided with matching grooves, a wire intermediate between the neck and the cap and locking the cap to the bottle by lying partly in each groove, and an opening through the flange of the cap into its groove through which the wire can be withdrawn from its locking position with both grooves.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a bottle having a circumferential rim or flange, a cap having a crown-piece and depending flange, transversely-alining apertures in said flange, and a key having two parallel arms, each of which arms is adapted to be passed transversely through two of said apertures, and beneath the said rim or flange of the bottle to bind the cap on the bottle, subtsantially as described.

2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination with the bottle having a circumferential rim or flange,'a cap having a crown-piece and depending flange, a plurality of alining apertures in said cap, and a key, comprising two parallel arms, each of which is adapted to be passed transversely through two of said apertures and a resilient disk between the bottle and the crown-piece, substantially as described.

In a bottle-stopper, the combination with a cap having a circular and depending flange provided with alined and tangentially-disposed apertures, a' bottle-stopper having a circumferential rim or flange, and a key having parallel arms orprongs, each arm or prong extending tangentially through the apertures and under said rim.

t. As a new article of manufacture, a bottlestopper comprising a capsule-like cap having a crown-piece and a depending flange with a plurality of alined apertures formed therein on each side, and a key having parallel arms or prongs each of which passes through two of the alined apertures, as set forth.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a bottlestopper comprising a capsule-like cap having a crown-piece and depending flange, a plurality of transversely-extending and alining apertures formed in the flange and diametrically disposed relatively to each other, and a key comprising two parallel arms or prongs and a connecting crossbar, each prong being adapted to be passed through two of said alining apertures, as set forth.

6. A bottle-stopper comprising a capsulelike cap, having a crown and a depending flange, and holes formed in the flange diametrically disposed relative to each other, an outwardly extending furrow or channel formed in the flange between each set of apertures, and a key comprising parallel arms or prongs and a connecting cross-bar adapted to pass through said alining apertures, and lie in said furrow, as set forth.

7. The combination with a bottle, of a flanged cap for the mouth thereof, the neck of the bottle and the flange of the cap being provided with matching grooves, a wire having parallel arms located intermediate between the neck and cap and locking the cap to the bottle by lying partly in each groove, and an opening through the flangeof the cap into its groove, through which the wire can be withdrawn from its locking position, with both grooves, substantially as described.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York this 15th day of November, 1900.

GEORGE LISPENARD.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. HENsLEY, SOPHIE SEKosKY. 

